Posted by AnrDaemon on 10/26/07 08:47

Greetings, Kevin Blount.
In reply to Your message dated Friday, October 26, 2007, 08:56:24,

KB> I'm trying to create the forum favorite dynamic sig image, that's
KB> realy PHP script. I've had moderate success with .php files but when I
KB> change the extension to .png I'm prompted to download the file, rather
KB> than it rendering.

KB> My understanding is that this is not supposed to happen, and that by
KB> adding an.htaccess file I can force .png files to be compiled/parsed/
KB> whatevered by PHP. In my .htaccess file I have:

KB> AddType application/x-httpd-php .png

KB> Any advice?

KB> I'm using heliohost.org as my host, and they basically pointed me to
KB> create the above file (as the first reply to my recent support query).
KB> Googling this I'm not seeing that I'm doing anything wrong.. so what
KB> gives?

Can't say if AddType allowed in .htaccess or not.
Your best bet is to use header(); function and leave extension .php as is.
If You are running rented virtual server, You have little to no ability to
control document types on server.

Other way is to ask Your hosting provider if it is possible to use filters
SAPI instead of default Apache handler SAPI. But that only available if PHP
running as Apache module AFAIK.


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Sincerely Yours, AnrDaemon <anrdaemon@freemail.ru>

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